Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:28.067336+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma State | Big 8 | 3-0-0 | 1 | 29.21 | 31.67 | 14.91 | 2.95 | 0.05 |
| 2 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 3-0-0 | 1 | 28.73 | 18 | 15.58 | 2.91 | 0.09 |
| 3 | Ohio | Mid-American | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 28.17 | 4 | 20.18 | 2.12 | -0.12 |
| 4 | Louisiana | Southland | 3-0-0 | 1 | 28.08 | 15.33 | 14.03 | 2.65 | 0.35 |
| 5 | Missouri | Big 8 | 3-0-0 | 1 | 28.01 | 9.67 | 14.26 | 2.26 | 0.74 |
| 6 | Texas | Southwest | 3-0-0 | 1 | 27.91 | 29.33 | 11.31 | 2.9 | 0.1 |
| 7 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 27.6 | 18.33 | 11.63 | 2.96 | 0.04 |
| 8 | San Diego State | PCAA | 4-0-0 | 1 | 27.33 | 18.25 | 8.67 | 3.77 | 0.23 |
| 9 | Kansas State | Big 8 | 3-0-0 | 1 | 27.1 | 11.33 | 10.16 | 2.54 | 0.46 |
| 10 | Michigan | Big Ten | 1-0-2 | 0.33 | 26.81 | 5.67 | 12.1 | 2.11 | -1.11 |
| 11 | Oklahoma | Big 8 | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.72 | 31.33 | 3 | 2.88 | 0.12 |
| 12 | UCLA | Pac-8 | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 26.67 | 7.33 | 8.51 | 1.98 | 0.02 |
| 13 | Nebraska | Big 8 | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.44 | 30 | 2.42 | 2.94 | 0.06 |
| 14 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.41 | 9.33 | 9.29 | 2.38 | 0.62 |
| 15 | Arizona | Western Athletic | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.33 | 15 | 5.69 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Cincinnati | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.32 | 14 | 5.56 | 2.59 | 0.41 |
| 17 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 26.21 | 9 | 7.08 | 1.61 | 0.39 |
| 18 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.2 | 22.67 | 3.89 | 2.91 | 0.09 |
| 19 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.12 | 26 | 2.51 | 2.82 | 0.18 |
| 20 | Colorado | Big 8 | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.71 | 25.33 | 1.14 | 2.8 | 0.2 |
| 21 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.63 | 3.67 | 6.52 | 1.85 | 1.15 |
| 22 | Baylor | Southwest | 1-0-2 | 0.33 | 25.63 | 3.33 | 7.4 | 1.94 | -0.94 |
| 23 | Louisiana Tech | Southland | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.46 | 16.67 | 1.06 | 2.71 | 0.29 |
| 24 | Arizona State | Western Athletic | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.03 | 22 | -2.14 | 2.89 | 0.11 |
| 25 | USC | Pac-8 | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.87 | 19.33 | -2.64 | 2.89 | 0.11 |
| 26 | Princeton | Ivy | 1-0-0 | 1 | 24.86 | 3 | 21.06 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| 27 | Arkansas State | Southland | 4-0-0 | 1 | 24.74 | 23.75 | -3.42 | 3.92 | 0.08 |
| 28 | San José State | PCAA | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.44 | 6.67 | -5.25 | 2.25 | 0.75 |
| 29 | Harvard | Ivy | 1-0-0 | 1 | 21.15 | 11 | -3.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| 30 | Long Beach State | PCAA | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.47 | 13.5 | 8.8 | 3.44 | -0.44 |
| 31 | Yale | Ivy | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.27 | 21 | -10 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| 32 | Brown | Ivy | 1-0-0 | 1 | 20.24 | 21 | -10 | 0.85 | 0.15 |
| 33 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.98 | 8.25 | 5.6 | 2.89 | 0.11 |
| 34 | Alabama | SEC | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.92 | 25.33 | 18.29 | 2.88 | -0.88 |
| 35 | Maryland | ACC | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 19.71 | 12.5 | 13.71 | 3.45 | -1.45 |
| 36 | Florida | SEC | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.68 | 14 | 15.56 | 2.64 | -0.64 |
| 37 | Eastern Michigan | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 19.53 | 7.5 | 6.11 | 2.88 | 0.12 |
| 38 | Arkansas | Southwest | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.36 | 14.67 | 13.79 | 2.62 | -0.62 |
| 39 | Tennessee | SEC | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.12 | 5.33 | 16.27 | 1.92 | 0.08 |
| 40 | Georgia | SEC | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.93 | 6.67 | 17.94 | 2.12 | -0.12 |
| 41 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.75 | 18.67 | 9.11 | 2.64 | -0.64 |
| 42 | Navy | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.65 | 25 | -1.34 | 2.81 | -0.81 |
| 43 | New Mexico State | Missouri Valley | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.59 | -2.5 | 10.04 | 1.68 | 1.32 |
| 44 | App State | Southern | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.4 | 3.67 | 4.55 | 1.75 | 0.25 |
| 45 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.39 | 7 | 13.69 | 2.05 | -0.05 |
| 46 | South Carolina | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.31 | 2 | 8.02 | 1.67 | 0.33 |
| 47 | Texas Tech | Southwest | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.23 | -2 | 18.82 | 1.36 | 0.64 |
| 48 | Kent State | Mid-American | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.19 | 2 | 7.74 | 1.66 | 0.34 |
| 49 | Army | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.15 | 16.33 | -2.8 | 2.51 | -0.51 |
| 50 | Akron | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.04 | 5.5 | -2.54 | 2.64 | 0.36 |
| 51 | Kansas | Big 8 | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.94 | 6.67 | 12.56 | 2.35 | -0.35 |
| 52 | Central Michigan | Mid-American | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 17.77 | 10 | 5.43 | 3.2 | -1.2 |
| 53 | Washington State | Pac-8 | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.76 | 2.67 | 2.52 | 1.72 | 0.28 |
| 54 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.67 | 0.67 | 21.87 | 1.57 | 0.43 |
| 55 | Georgia Tech | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.05 | 4.67 | 6.98 | 1.8 | 0.2 |
| 56 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.02 | 11.67 | 1.97 | 2.63 | -0.63 |
| 57 | Tulane | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.8 | -1 | 6.46 | 1.38 | 0.62 |
| 58 | The Citadel | Southern | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.61 | 4.67 | 2.05 | 2.27 | -0.27 |
| 59 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.58 | -6.67 | 10.28 | 0.74 | 1.26 |
| 60 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.23 | -3.67 | 7.31 | 1.14 | 0.86 |
| 61 | SMU | Southwest | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 15.6 | -2.67 | 14.2 | 1.26 | 0.74 |
| 62 | Iowa State | Big 8 | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 15.11 | -2.33 | 12.43 | 1.26 | 0.74 |
| 63 | Indiana | Big Ten | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 15.09 | -5 | 13.04 | 1.06 | 0.94 |
| 64 | Ball State | Mid-American | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.45 | 0.75 | 17.11 | 2.08 | -0.08 |
| 65 | Colorado State | Western Athletic | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 14.31 | -10.33 | 14.83 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| 66 | Rutgers | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.25 | 20.5 | -4.84 | 1.93 | -0.93 |
| 67 | Kentucky | SEC | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 14.22 | 5 | 10.36 | 2.14 | -1.14 |
| 68 | East Carolina | Southern | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.8 | 3.75 | 10.38 | 2.43 | -0.43 |
| 69 | NC State | ACC | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.75 | -1.5 | 11.03 | 1.81 | 0.19 |
| 70 | Fresno State | PCAA | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.57 | 6 | -1.26 | 2.7 | -0.7 |
| 71 | North Texas | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 11.9 | -13.75 | 19.08 | 0.62 | 1.38 |
| 72 | New Mexico | Western Athletic | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 11.06 | 3.67 | 15.83 | 1.84 | -0.84 |
| 73 | Rice | Southwest | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 10.88 | 3.67 | 13.42 | 2 | -1 |
| 74 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 10.58 | 6 | 15.07 | 1.97 | -0.97 |
| 75 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 10.5 | -8.5 | 19.75 | 0.77 | 1.23 |
| 76 | Indiana State | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 9.86 | -10.5 | 7.57 | 0.44 | 0.56 |
| 77 | VMI | Southern | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 8.32 | 17.67 | -3.73 | 2.73 | -1.73 |
| 78 | UL Monroe | FBS Independents | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 8.27 | 2 | 16.13 | 2.21 | -1.21 |
| 79 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 8.21 | -2.67 | 17.56 | 1.26 | -0.26 |
| 80 | Florida State | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 8.09 | -2 | 16.85 | 1.27 | -0.27 |
| 81 | Illinois | Big Ten | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.86 | -8.33 | 17.68 | 0.91 | 0.09 |
| 82 | Houston | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.8 | -3.67 | 9.7 | 1.1 | -0.1 |
| 83 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.76 | -4.33 | 16.89 | 1.09 | -0.09 |
| 84 | Utah State | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.71 | -4 | 12.56 | 0.95 | 0.05 |
| 85 | North Carolina | ACC | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.67 | -8.67 | 15.97 | 0.78 | 0.22 |
| 86 | Pacific | PCAA | 1-2-1 | 0.25 | 7.67 | -3.5 | 8.47 | 1.39 | -0.39 |
| 87 | Southern Miss | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.44 | -4.67 | 4.85 | 0.94 | 0.06 |
| 88 | Mississippi State | SEC | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.36 | -9.67 | 13.93 | 0.55 | 0.45 |
| 89 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 7.01 | 0.75 | 10.53 | 2.11 | -1.11 |
| 90 | Wake Forest | ACC | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 6.81 | -0.5 | 21.61 | 1.93 | -0.93 |
| 91 | Richmond | Southern | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.77 | -6.33 | 7.69 | 0.88 | 0.12 |
| 92 | West Texas A&M | Missouri Valley | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.71 | -4.33 | 6.35 | 0.91 | 0.09 |
| 93 | Texas-Arlington | Southland | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.62 | -8.33 | 14.2 | 0.79 | 0.21 |
| 94 | Northern Illinois | Mid-American | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.43 | -1.33 | 13.46 | 1.28 | -0.28 |
| 95 | California | Pac-8 | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.41 | -4.33 | 25.85 | 1.2 | -0.2 |
| 96 | UTEP | Western Athletic | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.38 | -8.33 | 14.87 | 0.72 | 0.28 |
| 97 | Virginia | ACC | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.13 | -14 | 7.48 | 0.54 | 0.46 |
| 98 | Virginia Tech | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 5.94 | -4.33 | 16.62 | 1.02 | -0.02 |
| 99 | Furman | Southern | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 5.75 | -3.67 | 8.83 | 1.19 | -0.19 |
| 100 | Duke | ACC | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 5.72 | -7 | 20.11 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| 101 | LSU | SEC | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 5.67 | -10.33 | 24.36 | 0.49 | 0.51 |
| 102 | Washington | Pac-8 | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 5.48 | -13.33 | 26.04 | 0.44 | 0.56 |
| 103 | Memphis | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 5.18 | -7 | 16.37 | 1.05 | -0.05 |
| 104 | Toledo | Mid-American | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 5.03 | -5 | 7.72 | 1.56 | -0.56 |
| 105 | Dayton | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 5.02 | -2.75 | 5.91 | 1.68 | -0.68 |
| 106 | Ole Miss | SEC | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.56 | -3 | 22.91 | 1.36 | -0.36 |
| 107 | Wichita State | Missouri Valley | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.17 | -28 | 22.93 | 0.02 | 0.98 |
| 108 | Marshall | FBS Independents | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.27 | -8 | 5.29 | 1.07 | -0.07 |
| 109 | Columbia | Ivy | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.88 | -3 | -10 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| 110 | Cornell | Ivy | 0-1-0 | 0 | -0.91 | -2 | 26.14 | 0.45 | -0.45 |
| 111 | Dartmouth | Ivy | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1 | -4 | -10 | 0.12 | -0.12 |
| 112 | Pennsylvania | Ivy | 0-1-0 | 0 | -1.54 | -11 | -10 | 0.28 | -0.28 |
| 113 | Auburn | SEC | 0-2-1 | 0 | -1.61 | -5 | 17.88 | 1.02 | -1.02 |
| 114 | Chattanooga | FBS Independents | 0-2-1 | 0 | -1.85 | -9.33 | 2.71 | 0.39 | -0.39 |
| 115 | BYU | Western Athletic | 0-3-0 | 0 | -1.96 | -8.67 | 20.53 | 0.68 | -0.68 |
| 116 | Stanford | Pac-8 | 0-2-1 | 0 | -2.07 | -7.33 | 23.64 | 1.01 | -1.01 |
| 117 | Lamar | Southland | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.09 | -9 | 18.5 | 0.63 | -0.63 |
| 118 | Miami | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.11 | -9 | 21.07 | 0.59 | -0.59 |
| 119 | Illinois State | FBS Independents | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.15 | -17.67 | -7.65 | 0.18 | -0.18 |
| 120 | Hawai'i | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.32 | -24 | -10 | 0.06 | -0.06 |
| 121 | Louisville | FBS Independents | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.34 | -15.67 | 8.67 | 0.53 | -0.53 |
| 122 | Iowa | Big Ten | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.42 | -12.67 | 20.49 | 0.36 | -0.36 |
| 123 | Wyoming | Western Athletic | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.43 | -14.67 | 14.05 | 0.09 | -0.09 |
| 124 | Purdue | Big Ten | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.46 | -12 | 25.87 | 0.42 | -0.42 |
| 125 | Air Force | FBS Independents | 0-2-1 | 0 | -2.48 | -13.33 | 18.6 | 0.38 | -0.38 |
| 126 | McNeese | Southland | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.51 | -12.67 | 22.95 | 0.33 | -0.33 |
| 127 | Utah | Western Athletic | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.52 | -15.33 | 16.82 | 0.27 | -0.27 |
| 128 | Southern Illinois | FBS Independents | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.55 | -17.67 | 13.77 | 0.34 | -0.34 |
| 129 | Clemson | ACC | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.82 | -21.67 | 17.17 | 0.29 | -0.29 |
| 130 | Temple | FBS Independents | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.82 | -20.67 | 19.94 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| 131 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 0-4-0 | 0 | -2.84 | -24.5 | 10.8 | 0.06 | -0.06 |
| 132 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.9 | -24 | 12.8 | 0.06 | -0.06 |
| 133 | Cal State Fullerton | PCAA | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.91 | -27 | 6.41 | 0.08 | -0.08 |
| 134 | Oregon State | Pac-8 | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.94 | -20.67 | 22.35 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 135 | Oregon | Pac-8 | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.99 | -21 | 22.2 | 0.05 | -0.05 |
| 136 | William & Mary | Southern | 0-3-0 | 0 | -3.03 | -31 | 11.8 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| 137 | TCU | Southwest | 0-3-0 | 0 | -3.1 | -27.33 | 20.79 | 0.13 | -0.13 |